In 1961, former University of Oklahoma head football coach Bud Wilkinson selected Barry to call OU basketball and football games.
Bud Wilkinson, born Charles Burnham Wilkinson (1916–1994) U.S. football player and coach
He is most widely known for his humor column in the Topeka Capital-Journal, and he was campaign manager for former University of Oklahoma football coach Bud Wilkinson's failed 1964 US Senate campaign.
He was successful, defeating former Governor J. Howard Edmondson, who had been appointed to succeed Kerr, in the Democratic primary, then narrowly upsetting Republican nominee and legendary Oklahoma football coach Bud Wilkinson by 51% to 49%, and was sworn in as soon as the vote totals could be verified, becoming, again, one of the youngest members of the body in which he was serving.
Bud Wilkinson, legendary University of Oklahoma football coach (lost 1964 U.S. Senate election to Fred R. Harris)
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A number of celebrities were present, including 1968 President-elect Richard Nixon, Bob Hope, and Oklahoma football coach Bud Wilkinson.
Along with Bennie Owen, Bud Wilkinson, and Bob Stoops, he is one of four coaches to win over 100 games at the University of Oklahoma.